Season 8

01 The Darryl F. Zanuck Story Episode 112th September 1954 02 A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent) Episode 219th September 1954 03 Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers Episode 326th September 1954 04 Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Episode 43rd October 1954 05 Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview Episode 510th October 1954 06 Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean Episode 617th October 1954 07 Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers Episode 724th October 1954 08 Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr. Episode 831st October 1954 09 The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark Episode 97th November 1954 10 Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview Episode 1014th November 1954 11 Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film) Episode 1121st November 1954 12 Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer Episode 1228th November 1954 13 Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney Episode 135th December 1954 14 The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker Episode 1412th December 1954 15 The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars Episode 1519th December 1954 16 Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe Episode 1626th December 1954 17 Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia Episode 172nd January 1955 18 Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco Episode 189th January 1955 19 Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane Episode 1916th January 1955 20 Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors Episode 2023rd January 1955 21 A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio) Episode 2130th January 1955 22 The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara Episode 226th February 1955 23 Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill Episode 2313th February 1955 24 Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff Episode 2420th February 1955 25 Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc. Episode 2527th February 1955 26 Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc. Episode 266th March 1955 27 Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates Episode 2713th March 1955 28 Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson Episode 2820th March 1955 29 Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson Episode 2927th March 1955 30 Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa Episode 303rd April 1955 31 Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc Episode 3110th April 1955 32 James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc. Episode 3217th April 1955 33 Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles Episode 3324th April 1955 34 Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster Episode 341st May 1955 35 Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars Episode 358th May 1955 36 Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences Episode 3615th May 1955 37 Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli Episode 3722nd May 1955 38 Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker Episode 3829th May 1955 39 Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney Episode 395th June 1955 40 U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists Episode 4012th June 1955 41 Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon Episode 4119th June 1955 42 7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan Episode 4226th June 1955 43 From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright Episode 433rd July 1955 44 Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway Episode 4410th July 1955 45 Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards) Episode 4517th July 1955 46 Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley Episode 4624th July 1955 47 "Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts) Episode 4731st July 1955 48 Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall Episode 487th August 1955 49 The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities Episode 4914th August 1955 50 Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett Episode 5021st August 1955 51 Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers Episode 5128th August 1955 52 Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood Episode 524th September 1955 53 Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers Episode 5311th September 1955 54 Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest Episode 5418th September 1955